And I never even knew that logo was supposed to be a "circle of friends". It makes sense now that I look at it, but I just saw "circle with dots" and never gave it a second glance.
To whom it may concern: According to this, some of what those screenshots show is customized, and so not a true representation of the new default look.
I'm not really sure what I think of the new logo font - I didn't feel the old one was dated already, and I wonder whether the new one may date even faster.
Anyways, screenshots look pretty, and I appreciate they had to get rid of the brown colourscheme, since it's been complained about a lot for years.
It wouldn't be the first time that the displayed 'default settings' are anything but... I have to admit, I didn't even notice that the window buttons are on the left, and not on the right where you usually can find them.
Re: the logo - yeah, it's a bit generic, and people aren't even sure what kind of font they've used, but I kinda like that it looks more modern, even though 'modern things' often run the risk of becoming outdated pretty fast. As for the color scheme, well, they haven't completely thrown the brown colors out of the window, but it doesn't look so old and 'dusty' anymore, which I like quite much.
I'm no fan of the brown and orange color scheme, but the biggest thing I notice from the huge logo is that the "circle of friends" has been minimized. I'm sure there were marketing and focus group considerations to take into account there, but I can't help but feel that it's symbolic of something.
I'm probably still turned off to Ubuntu after the Ubuntu One episode. There are a lot of idealistic people in Ubuntu (I was one of them), but it just feels like the Ubuntu Powers That Be are taking advantage of them. To me, anyway.
Yeah, I almost didn't install 9.10. I did anyway. I guess I was looking at it from the POV of people like Melissa Draper, rather than the big giant head.
I'm one of those people who didn't even know that the logo was supposed to be a 'circle of friends', but like I said in a comment to someone else, I use Kubuntu and its logo is even more difficult to make out as a 'circle of friends'.
Luckily, there are lots of different Linux distributions out there, for everyone's tastes and needs, but I can sympathize with you for your frustrations with the 'Ubuntu Powers'...
Gnome (and KDE) have come such a long way in 5 - 10 years. They used to be so blocky, clunky.
I remember wishing the developers would settle on one place for the OK button and one place for the cancel button. Never was in the same place app to app.
The new colors look pretty good. Most people swap out the default for the preferences anyway.
Honestly, being a person who is actually brown, I always liked having the brown color schemes, since the orange and brown were meant to represent Human.
I'm not sure what I think about that purplish; it seems generic.
I didn't know that the orange and brown colors were meant to represent humans, just like I didn't know about the 'circle of friends'. Huh, talk about being a bit blind here... But I'd say they haven't completely changed the color scheme, but the brown and orange looks more modern:ish, which I like. I've always felt that the old color scheme looks a bit 'dusty' and dated, which was one of the reasons why I've always preferred kubuntu - I've always thought it makes a more dynamic, up-to-date, top-notch impression, even though I knew that's basically ubuntu+kde. But I really wanted kde as my desktop environment, so that was an important reason why I picked kubuntu, not that you go around thinking I picked a distribution for its color scheme... ;)
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And I never even knew that logo was supposed to be a "circle of friends". It makes sense now that I look at it, but I just saw "circle with dots" and never gave it a second glance.
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I'm not really sure what I think of the new logo font - I didn't feel the old one was dated already, and I wonder whether the new one may date even faster.
Anyways, screenshots look pretty, and I appreciate they had to get rid of the brown colourscheme, since it's been complained about a lot for years.
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Re: the logo - yeah, it's a bit generic, and people aren't even sure what kind of font they've used, but I kinda like that it looks more modern, even though 'modern things' often run the risk of becoming outdated pretty fast. As for the color scheme, well, they haven't completely thrown the brown colors out of the window, but it doesn't look so old and 'dusty' anymore, which I like quite much.
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I'm probably still turned off to Ubuntu after the Ubuntu One episode. There are a lot of idealistic people in Ubuntu (I was one of them), but it just feels like the Ubuntu Powers That Be are taking advantage of them. To me, anyway.
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Luckily, there are lots of different Linux distributions out there, for everyone's tastes and needs, but I can sympathize with you for your frustrations with the 'Ubuntu Powers'...
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I remember wishing the developers would settle on one place for the OK button and one place for the cancel button. Never was in the same place app to app.
The new colors look pretty good. Most people swap out the default for the preferences anyway.
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I'm not sure what I think about that purplish; it seems generic.
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